Hechos 4
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
Pedro y Juan ante el Consejo Supremo
4 Aún estaban Pedro y Juan hablando al pueblo, cuando se presentaron allí los sacerdotes, el jefe de la guardia del Templo y los saduceos. 2 Estaban contrariados, porque los apóstoles seguían instruyendo al pueblo y proclamaban que la resurrección de entre los muertos se había realizado ya en la persona de Jesús. 3 Así que los detuvieron y, en vista de que era ya tarde, los metieron en la cárcel hasta el día siguiente. 4 Pero muchos de los que habían escuchado el discurso de Pedro abrazaron la fe, por lo que el número de creyentes varones alcanzó la cifra de unos cinco mil. 5 Al día siguiente, se reunieron en Jerusalén las autoridades, los ancianos y los maestros de la ley. 6 Estaban presentes Anás, que era sumo sacerdote, Caifás, Juan, Alejandro y todos los miembros de la clase sacerdotal dirigente. 7 Hicieron comparecer a Pedro y a Juan, y les preguntaron:
— ¿Con qué poder y en nombre de quién han hecho esto?
8 Pedro, lleno del Espíritu Santo, les respondió:
— Jefes del pueblo y ancianos: 9 hoy ha sido curado un enfermo, y se nos pregunta quién lo ha curado. 10 Pues bien, han de saber, tanto ustedes como todo el pueblo israelita, que este hombre se encuentra ahora sano ante sus ojos gracias a Jesús de Nazaret, a quien ustedes crucificaron y a quien Dios ha resucitado. 11 Él es la piedra rechazada por ustedes los constructores, pero que ha resultado ser la piedra principal. 12 Ningún otro puede salvarnos, pues en la tierra no existe ninguna otra persona a quien Dios haya constituido autor de nuestra salvación.
13 Cuando vieron la seguridad con que se expresaban Pedro y Juan, que eran hombres sin cultura y sin instrucción, no salían de su asombro. Por una parte, no podían menos de reconocer que Pedro y Juan habían sido compañeros de Jesús; 14 por otra, allí estaba de pie, junto a ellos, el hombre que había sido curado. Así que, no sabiendo cómo replicarles, 15 les ordenaron salir de la sala del Consejo y se pusieron a deliberar entre ellos:
16 — ¿Qué vamos a hacer con estos hombres? Está claro para todos los habitantes de Jerusalén que, efectivamente, se ha realizado un milagro manifiesto por mediación de ellos; es algo que no podemos negar. 17 Sin embargo, para evitar que esto siga propagándose entre el pueblo, vamos a advertirles, bajo amenaza, que no hablen más a nadie de tal individuo.
18 Así que los llamaron y les prohibieron terminantemente que hablaran de Jesús o enseñaran en su nombre. 19 Pero Pedro y Juan les respondieron:
— ¿Les parece justo delante de Dios que los obedezcamos a ustedes antes que a él? 20 Por nuestra parte, no podemos dejar de hablar de lo que hemos visto y oído.
21 Tras amenazarlos de nuevo, los dejaron libres. La verdad es que no hallaban forma de castigarlos sin enfrentarse con el pueblo, pues todos alababan a Dios por lo ocurrido; 22 además, el milagro de la curación se había realizado en un hombre de más de cuarenta años.
Oración unánime de los creyentes
23 En cuanto fueron puestos en libertad, Pedro y Juan se reunieron con los suyos y les contaron lo que los jefes de los sacerdotes y los ancianos les habían dicho. 24 Al enterarse, todos elevaron unánimes esta oración a Dios:
— Señor nuestro, tú has creado el cielo, la tierra, el mar y todo lo que hay en ellos; 25 tú, por medio del Espíritu Santo, pusiste en boca de David, tu servidor y nuestro antepasado, estas palabras:
¿Por qué se alborotan las naciones
y hacen planes inútiles los pueblos?
26 Los reyes de la tierra se han aliado
y los poderosos se han confabulado
en contra del Señor y de su ungido.
27 Y realmente es cierto que, en esta ciudad, Pilato y Herodes se confabularon con los extranjeros y el pueblo israelita en contra de Jesús, tu santo servidor y Mesías. 28 Llevaron así a cabo todo lo que tu poder y tu voluntad habían decidido de antemano que sucediese. 29 Ahora, Señor, mira cómo nos amenazan y concede a tus servidores anunciar tu mensaje con plena libertad. 30 Pon en juego tu poder, para que en el nombre de Jesús, tu santo servidor, se produzcan curaciones, señales milagrosas y prodigios.
31 Apenas terminaron de orar, tembló el lugar donde estaban reunidos y todos quedaron llenos del Espíritu Santo. Así pudieron luego proclamar el mensaje de Dios con plena libertad.
Compartir bienes
32 El grupo de los creyentes estaba totalmente compenetrado en un mismo sentir y pensar, y ninguno consideraba de su exclusiva propiedad los bienes que poseía, sino que todos los disfrutaban en común. 33 Los apóstoles, por su parte, daban testimonio de la resurrección de Jesús, el Señor, con toda firmeza, y se los miraba con gran simpatía. 34 Nadie entre los creyentes carecía de nada, pues los que eran dueños de haciendas o casas las vendían y entregaban el producto de la venta, 35 poniéndolo a disposición de los apóstoles para que estos lo distribuyeran conforme a la necesidad de cada uno. 36 Tal fue el caso de José, un chipriota de la tribu de Leví, a quien los apóstoles llamaban Bernabé, que significa “el que trae consuelo”; 37 vendió un terreno de su propiedad, trajo el importe y lo puso a disposición de los apóstoles.
Acts 4
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
4 And while they [Peter and John] were talking to the people, the high priests and the military commander of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
2 Being vexed and indignant through and through because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in [the case of] Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
3 So they laid hands on them (arrested them) and put them in prison until the following day, for it was already evening.
4 But many of those who heard the message believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on Jesus as the Christ). And their number grew and came to about 5,000.
5 Then on the following day, their magistrates and elders and scribes were assembled in Jerusalem,
6 Including Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander and all others who belonged to the high priestly relationship.
7 And they set the men in their midst and repeatedly demanded, By what sort of power or by what kind of authority did [such people as] you do this [healing]?
8 Then Peter, [because he was] filled with [and controlled by] the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and members of the council (the Sanhedrin),
9 If we are being put on trial [here] today and examined concerning a good deed done to benefit a feeble (helpless) cripple, by what means this man has been restored to health,
10 Let it be known and understood by all of you, and by the whole house of Israel, that in the name and through the power and authority of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Whom you crucified, [but] Whom God raised from the dead, in Him and by means of Him this man is standing here before you well and sound in body.
11 This [Jesus] is the Stone which was despised and rejected by you, the builders, but which has become the Head of the corner [the Cornerstone].(A)
12 And there is salvation in and through no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by and in which we must be saved.
13 Now when they saw the boldness and unfettered eloquence of Peter and John and perceived that they were unlearned and untrained in the schools [common men with no educational advantages], they marveled; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus.
14 And since they saw the man who had been cured standing there beside them, they could not contradict the fact or say anything in opposition.
15 But having ordered [the prisoners] to go aside out of the council [chamber], they conferred (debated) among themselves,
16 Saying, What are we to do with these men? For that an extraordinary miracle has been performed by (through) them is plain to all the residents of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
17 But in order that it may not spread further among the people and the nation, let us warn and forbid them with a stern threat to speak any more to anyone in this name [or about this Person].
18 [So] they summoned them and imperatively instructed them not to converse in any way or teach at all in or about the name of Jesus.
19 But Peter and John replied to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you and obey you rather than God, you must decide (judge).
20 But we [ourselves] cannot help telling what we have seen and heard.
21 Then when [the rulers and council members] had further threatened them, they let them go, not seeing how they could secure a conviction against them because of the people; for everybody was praising and glorifying God for what had occurred.
22 For the man on whom this sign (miracle) of healing was performed was more than forty years old.
23 After they were permitted to go, [the apostles] returned to their own [company] and told all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
24 And when they heard it, lifted their voices together with one united mind to God and said, O Sovereign Lord, You are He Who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything that is in them,(B)
25 Who by the mouth of our forefather David, Your servant and child, said through the Holy Spirit, Why did the heathen (Gentiles) become wanton and insolent and rage, and the people imagine and study and plan vain (fruitless) things [that will not succeed]?
26 The kings of the earth took their stand in array [for attack] and the rulers were assembled and combined together against the Lord and against His Anointed (Christ, the Messiah).(C)
27 For in this city there actually met and plotted together against Your holy Child and Servant Jesus, Whom You consecrated by anointing, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and peoples of Israel,(D)
28 To carry out all that Your hand and Your will and purpose had predestined (predetermined) should occur.
29 And now, Lord, observe their threats and grant to Your bond servants [full freedom] to declare Your message fearlessly,
30 While You stretch out Your hand to cure and to perform signs and wonders through the authority and by the power of the name of Your holy Child and Servant Jesus.
31 And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they continued to speak the Word of God with freedom and boldness and courage.
32 Now the company of believers was of one heart and soul, and not one of them claimed that anything which he possessed was [exclusively] his own, but everything they had was in common and for the use of all.
33 And with great strength and ability and power the apostles delivered their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace (loving-kindness and favor and goodwill) rested richly upon them all.
34 Nor was there a destitute or needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses proceeded to sell them, and one by one they brought (gave back) the amount received from the sales
35 And laid it at the feet of the apostles (special messengers). Then distribution was made according as anyone had need.
36 Now Joseph, a Levite and native of Cyprus who was surnamed Barnabas by the apostles, which interpreted means Son of Encouragement,
37 Sold a field which belonged to him and brought the sum of money and laid it at the feet of the apostles.
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